12th Annual NYCLU Benefit "B'way Stands up for Freedom"

6/18/2014 2:50pm


The New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York State affiliate of the ACLU, has announced a star-studded lineup of award-winning performers for Broadway Stands Up for Freedom, its annual benefit concert to be held on Mon July 21 at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place). Performers include Lena Hall, Celia Keenan-Bolger,  Condola RashadRobin deJesus, Seth Rudetsky, and a company that features television stars Telly Leung, and Todd Buonopane, as well as Broadway Stands Up for Freedom founding performer Liana Stampur, with the Clinton Curtis band. The one-night-only benefit will also feature an original video by Broadway’s Andrew Keenan-Bolger and new music by Broadway composer Michael Friedman. Susan Blackwell returns as the evening's host, with Daniel Goldstein returning as director. Paul Staroba will serve as music director. The evening will also showcase the teenage winners of the NYCLU’s Freedom of Expression contest, which invites New York City public schools students to speak their minds on important civil liberties issues in their lives. Proceeds from the show benefit the NYCLU’s youth programs, including its work with LGBT teenagers; its Teen Activist Project, which engages New York City youth as organizers and peer educators on civil rights and civil liberties issues; and its work to stop overly aggressive policing and zero-tolerance discipline in the city’s public schools. For tickets, please call 212/352-3101. For more information about the show, including a complete list of performers, visit www.nyclu.org/broadway. Press contact: O&M Co (212/695-7400)...